Tag: labor
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After Months of Organizing, Millhouse Café Staff Certify a Union
Baristas at The Millhouse Café voted 11-3 to unionize, citing rent pressure and schedule cuts, in a rare organizing win at a downtown Vale Avenue small business.
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Legacy Manufacturer Bellwater Steel & Fastener Cuts 85 Jobs
Bellwater Steel & Fastener Co. is laying off 85 workers, roughly a quarter of its remaining workforce, citing declining orders and competition from automated out-of-state producers.
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Steelworkers Local Disputes Company’s Account of Fastener Plant Layoffs
Wentworth County Steelworkers Local 411 is demanding a meeting with Bellwater Steel & Fastener management after this week’s layoffs, saying the company rejected an alternative cost-saving proposal.
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Lab Technicians at Kestrel Biologics Explore Union Organizing
A group of Kestrel Biologics lab technicians has quietly begun organizing around scheduling and safety-staffing concerns, a potential first test of union interest in Bellwater’s fast-growing biotech sector.